I might have a problem now. It froze last night again. If it set up the trees like it usually does I will have sap coming out my ying yang.
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I might have a problem now. It froze last night again. If it set up the trees like it usually does I will have sap coming out my ying yang.
help this ignoramous out...
Mersh, what is it used for? Who buys it?
Where did that name come from?
So it goes something like this?:
Fancy
Light amber A
Medium amber A
Dark amber A
B
Commercial
Road tar
Mersh
Mersh=Pennsylvania Fancy
Now Mike, you shouldn't pick on an entire state just because we make the best syrup!
Jeff- fancy, light, medium, dark, b, commercial, roadtar, mersh, what Im making now. Theeeron
Yeh don't pick on the whole state -some of us made HIGH GRADE mersh this year!
It is my understanding that true MERSH can only be produced in the fine State of Maine:)
comMERSHal grade syrup- and yes I believe a certain producer in Buxton ME has a lock on the Mersh market...
That Buxton wanna be sugarmaker has a new toy now. No more Mersh for him, gonna leave it all up to Theee( making syrup so dark that when compared to black it makes it look white)ron.
BIGSAP UPDATE- Boiled again last night. Put ro on recirc and went to work. Must of run it a little to long. Got home and my 1500 gallons of sap was pretty much gone. Checked it with my 10% refractometer and the screen was blank. Got out the big guy that goes to 30 and it was at 28%. Wow, not a lot of boiling to that stuff. Boiled that and some other up. Cant keep it in the pan now at all. Actually used 4 whole sticks of butter boiling last night and still had about the same amount of quality product coming over the side of the evaperator as came out the draw off valve. Might have to think about quitting soon. Got a little left to go to finish this barrell and then might have to do a scene assessment or have a round table with 802 to see if Im missing any tricks or if its time to hang it up. Gonna go to an association pancake breakfast with dad this morning and a bunch of fellow producers and trade some lies. Keep you posted. Still going. Theee(cant keep the stuff in the pans)rooon. :lol: